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@#BACKGROUND: Anemia is prevalent in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and has been linked to impaired outcomes after the procedure. Few studies have evaluated the impact of anemia and new ischemic lesions post TAVR. METHODS: We prospectively enrolled 158 patients who received TAVR in our center. Anemia was defined according to the World Health Organization criteria as hemoglobin <12 g/dL in women and <13 g/dL in men. All patients underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) procedure before and within 4-7 days after TAVR. RESULTS: Anemia was present in 85 (53.8%) patients who underwent TAVR, and 126 (79.7%) patients had 718 new DW-MRI positive lesions with a mean of 4.54±5.26 lesions per patient. The incidence of new ischemic lesions was 81.2% in patients with anemia versus 78.1% in patients without anemia (P=0.629). Moreover, anemic patients had bigger total volume/lesions in the anterior cerebral artery/middle cerebral artery (ACA/MCA) and MCA regions compared to the non-anemic patients (31.89±55.78 mm 3 vs. 17.08±37.39 mm3, P=0.049; and 54.54±74.72 mm 3 vs. 33.75±46.03 mm3, P=0.034). Anemia was independently associated with the volume/lesion in the ACA/MCA (β=16.796, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 2.001 to 31.591, P=0.026) and in the MCA zone (β=0.020, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.040, P=0.041). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with pre-procedural anemia may have bigger total volume/lesions in the ACA/MCA and MCA regions compared to the non-anemic patients. Whether the consequences of bigger total volume/lesions impact neurological and cognitive outcomes remains to be investigated.
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With the increasing incidence of diabetes in China, the related complications also show a trend of " spreading" , and diabetes foot (DF) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes. The arterial disease of lower limbs in patients with DF are relatively complex, and the recovery of arterial blood supply of lower limbs is the key to improve the quality of life and limb preservation rate of patients with DF. At present, endovascular therapy is the first choice for the treatment of diabetic foot ischemic lesions in China because of its minimally invasive and quick recovery. In order to treat DF in a better and more standardized way and make patients benefit more, this paper summarized the strategies of endovascular treatment for DF ischemia by combining the objectives of DF treatment and the principles of endovascular treatment.
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Objective:To explore the feasibility and efficacy of subpatellar artery balloon molding in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer caused by arterial ischemia.Methods:The clinical data of patients with diabetic foot ulcer caused by subpatellar artery disease treated in Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University from December 2020 to April 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 29 patients received medical balloon dilatation (drug balloon group) and 30 patients received balloon dilatation alone (simple balloon group). The improvement of lower limb ischemia at 3 and 6 months after surgery was analyzed in the two groups. The observation indicators included case-fatality rate, limb preservation rate, ulcer healing, Rutherford grading and pain score.Results:There was no significant difference in preoperative Rutherford grading between the two groups ( P>0.05). Three and six months after operation, the Rutherford grading in both groups was significantly improved compared with that before surgery (all P<0.05), and there was no statistical significance between the two groups ( P>0.05). There was no significant difference in preoperative pain scores between the two groups ( P>0.05). The pain scores of both groups were significantly decreased 3 and 6 months after surgery ( P<0.05), and there was no statistical significance between the two groups ( P>0.05). Three and six months after surgery, the wound ulcer healing rate in the drug balloon group was higher than that in the simple balloon group [51.7%(15/29) vs 43.3%(13/30), P=0.519; 86.2%(25/29) vs 50.0%(15/30), P=0.002]. There was no death or amputation in the two groups 3 and 6 months after surgery. Conclusions:Balloon dilatation can improve severe limb ischemia of diabetic foot. Compared with balloon dilatation alone, drug balloon dilatation is more beneficial to the healing of ulcer wounds in diabetic limb ischemia patients.
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With the advances in magnetic resonance imaging, previously unrecognized small brain lesions, which are mostly asymptomatic, have been increasingly detected. Diffusion-weighted imaging can identify small ischemic strokes, while gradient echo T2* imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging can reveal tiny hemorrhagic strokes (microbleeds). In this article, we review silent brain lesions appearing soon after acute stroke events, including silent new ischemic lesions and microbleeds appearing 1) after acute ischemic stroke and 2) after acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Moreover, we briefly discuss the clinical implications of these silent new brain lesions.
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Brain , Cerebral Hemorrhage , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , StrokeABSTRACT
With the advances in magnetic resonance imaging, previously unrecognized small brain lesions, which are mostly asymptomatic, have been increasingly detected. Diffusion-weighted imaging can identify small ischemic strokes, while gradient echo T2* imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging can reveal tiny hemorrhagic strokes (microbleeds). In this article, we review silent brain lesions appearing soon after acute stroke events, including silent new ischemic lesions and microbleeds appearing 1) after acute ischemic stroke and 2) after acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Moreover, we briefly discuss the clinical implications of these silent new brain lesions.
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Brain , Cerebral Hemorrhage , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , StrokeABSTRACT
Thinning of myocardial segments, mainly at the apex and basal posterior region of left ventricle, are frequent lesions in chronic chagasic cardiopathy (CCC), but still without a well determined etiology. Previously we found severe myocardial microvascular dilatation that could cause ischemia in watershed regions. In this study we analyzed whether narrowness in epicardial coronary arteries in CCC might explain these thinned ventricular lesions. Two groups of dilated hearts with similar weights were compared: eleven hearts from patients with CCC versus four hearts from patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). As normal controls we studied three non dilated normal weight hearts. There were no atherosclerotic plaques in the main branches of epicardial coronary arteries and cross-sectional luminal areas of proximal and distal segments were histologically measured. It was found that CCC hearts presented a lower mean luminal area in the right coronary artery (RCA) branch than IDCM, in proximal (4.3 ± 1.4 vs 6.6 ± 2.0 mm2; p= 0.02) and in distal (1.6 ± 1.0 vs 3.4 ± 0.9 mm²; p= 0.01) segments, with no statistical differences with normal hearts (2.7 ± 1.3 and 1.5 ± 0.3 mm²) in proximal (p= 0.2) and distal (p=0.11) sections. In conclusion thinning of ventricular wall in CCC patients seems to be ischemic lesions in the peripheral territory irrigated by the right coronary artery, possibly due to a steal phenomenon by the left coronary, induced by micro vessels dilatation.
Adelgazamientos segmentares del miocardio son frecuentes lesiones en la cardiomiopatía crónica chagásica (CCC), principalmente en el ápice de la región posterior del ventrículo izquierdo, cuya etiopatogenia todavía no está bien conocida. En trabajos anteriores se observó intensa dilatación de la micro circulación que podría llevar a isquemia en regiones de irrigaciones limítrofes. Este estudio analizó si estrechez de las arterias epicárdicas in CCC podrían explicar las lesiones de adelgazamientos ventriculares. Se compararon 2 grupos de corazones con pesos semejantes: 11 corazones de pacientes con CCC versus 4 corazones de pacientes con cardiomiopatia dilatada idiopática (IDCM). Como controles normales fueran estudiados 3 corazones no dilatados y con pesos normales. No estuvieron presentes placas ateroscleróticas en los principales ramos de las arterias coronarias epicárdicas. Las áreas de lumen en cortes transversales de los segmentos proximales e distales arteriales fueran medidas por histología. Los corazones con CCC mostraron una media de lumen menor en el ramo de la coronaria derecha que en los con IDCM, tanto en los segmentos proximales (4,3 ± 1,4 vs 6,6 ± 2,0 mm2; p= 0,02) como en los distales (1, 6 ± 1, 0 vs 3,4 ± 0,9 mm²; p= 0,01) y ninguna diferencia estadística fue observada cuando se compararon con los corazones normales (2,7 ± 1,3 vs 1,5 ± 0,3 mm²) tanto proximal (p= 0,2) como distal (p=0,11). Adelgazamientos ventriculares en pacientes con CCC parecen ser lesiones isquémicas en territorios distales, irrigados por la arteria coronaria derecha, posiblemente por un fenómeno de sustracción por la coronaria izquierda, debido a vasodilatación de micro circulación.